The Sword of Damocles - (Sign Up Thread) - Closed, 2017 Game Next

[Lumine]

UK Part I now up! I'm trying to get Part II finished in a few minutes, hopefully.

[Lumine]

Dammit, the UK went on longer than I expected. It's really fun to write about British governments. Sorry if it's too bloated!

[Cranberry]

Oh Lumine, you magnificent bastard. I cannot tell you how much I love you right now.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Dammit, the UK went on longer than I expected. It's really fun to write about British governments. Sorry if it's too bloated!

I enjoyed that as hell! XD

[White Trash]

I got shivers reading the British description.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I got shivers reading the British description.

Eh, you weren't around for attack on Mecca.

Now, that was shivering.

[Lumine]

I got shivers reading the British description.

Eh, you weren't around for attack on Mecca.

Now, that was shivering.

Yeah, that was something else. I believe all players had a collective "holy ____!" (and I had one writing it myself). And spoiler alert, the Middle East Remembers.

PS: Apologies for killing Prince Albert (George VI) so randomly, but I couldn't stop myself.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I got shivers reading the British description.

Eh, you weren't around for attack on Mecca.

Now, that was shivering.

Yeah, that was something else. I believe all players had a collective "holy ____!" (and I had one writing it myself). And spoiler alert, the Middle East Remembers.

It was a huge deal after all. I mean, it pretty much was a pretext for world war.

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I forgot he was named Albert, lol.

[White Trash]

Link to the attack on Mecca?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Link to the attack on Mecca?

Crisis – Disaster in Mecca!

TO: All players.

The tension continues to rise among the world powers, with many of the leading newspapers of the World declaring that war is about to come again, justified by many crises. Now they have an even bigger justification, the sack of Mecca. British troops were stationed in the area after the war against the Ottoman Empire, but the garrison was light and it always tried its best not to inflame tensions or cause any kind of conflict within the sacred city of Islam. Thus, Mecca enjoyed almost three years of peace even as the Rashids and the Saudis fought for Arabia, at least until there were mysterious and unexpected disturbances in a British company. The soldiers appeared to have gotten drunk after getting a hold of enormous quantities of alcohol, and when the officers tried to install discipline they were shot and killed by some of the soldiers, who staged a mutiny. Despite the best attempts of the British commander to keep them contained, some of the soldiers manage to enter Mecca, where they started to sack some of the key places while causing chaos all over the city. The Sharif of Mecca and his men reacted immediately, killing most of the mutineers and chasing them through the streets. The few who escaped took their guns and staged a small assault to the Kaaba with a few basic grenades, that were enough to set the place in fire. When it was over and the Sharif managed to eliminate the fire, the Kaaba was heavily damaged and the citizens of Mecca were engaging in open warfare with the British troops, that were forced to withdraw. With a single incident, the occupied Middle East rose in anger, with the Palestinians resuming their revolt and lynching Jewish settlers while attacking isolated British soldiers. The Rashids and the Saudis managed to get a small unofficial truce while making consultations with other Arabian princes, and it seems the Middle East is about to explode as the news keep expanding further and further.

Good old times.

[White Trash]

Jesus Christ. I can just imagine the build up to that moment.

[Dereich]

I got shivers reading the British description.

Eh, you weren't around for attack on Mecca.

Now, that was shivering.

Yeah, that was something else. I believe all players had a collective "holy ____!" (and I had one writing it myself). And spoiler alert, the Middle East Remembers.

PS: Apologies for killing Prince Albert (George VI) so randomly, but I couldn't stop myself.

I've been putting it off but if there's stuff like this in there which radically changed the world from OTL that'll be reappearing here I guess it's finally time to go through the old game threads.

[Spamage]

I got shivers reading the British description.

Eh, you weren't around for attack on Mecca.

Now, that was shivering.

Yeah, that was something else. I believe all players had a collective "holy ____!" (and I had one writing it myself). And spoiler alert, the Middle East Remembers.

It was a huge deal after all. I mean, it pretty much was a pretext for world war.

It really shocked me at the time, as I had taken extra efforts to keep the British out of the city itself. I guess it shows the danger of occupying soldiers + alcohol , though I suspect we were all fairly close to a world war by that point anyways

[Lumine]

Romania now up, giving you some minor insight on the collapse of Austria-Hungary.

[Weyfield]

Great reads. Loved the British one - thanks for incorporating my little Irish idea.

[Kingpoleon]

Romania now up, giving you some minor insight on the collapse of Austria-Hungary.

Thanks! Sorry for making you research such an obscure country, but I wanted a country with good potential not bordered by a great power.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Romania now up, giving you some minor insight on the collapse of Austria-Hungary.

Thanks! Sorry for making you research such an obscure country, but I wanted a country with good potential not bordered by a great power.

What do you mean not bordered by a great power?

Bulgaria is Ottoman, just temporarily out of our control...

Ooops, I gave away too much.

[Lumine]

We have the China details! So all that's left for me is write like a maniac and see if I can magically craft the next seven backstories.

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Did I miss the cutoff for signups?

[Lumine]

Did I miss the cutoff for signups?

For the time being, I'm afraid so, Smith. I'm having a hard time as it is to write for twelve different countries, so at most you could join as one of the Russian successor states since that's the last backstory I'll write.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Did I miss the cutoff for signups?

You can be the Sultan. All you'd have to do would be waving, smilling and saying whatever your minister tells you.

But seriously, there's probably going to be opening, unless you want to be like Ernest last time around. Man, that was hillarious.

[Lumine]

Japan is up.

Most of the backstory was written by Dereich, but I made a few changes and added a few parts. France is next!

[Weyfield]

Did I miss the cutoff for signups?

You can be the Sultan. All you'd have to do would be waving, smilling and saying whatever your minister tells you.

But seriously, there's probably going to be opening, unless you want to be like Ernest last time around. Man, that was hillarious.

Do tell us about the hilarity.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Did I miss the cutoff for signups?

You can be the Sultan. All you'd have to do would be waving, smilling and saying whatever your minister tells you.

But seriously, there's probably going to be opening, unless you want to be like Ernest last time around. Man, that was hillarious.

Do tell us about the hilarity.

He basically came in and started playing William Jennings Bryan with great rants.

[Lumine]

As you can tell, gentlemen, I was unable to start on Saturday. Several other matters required my attention, making extensive writing a bit too hard to achieve...

On the bright side, France is now up! All we have left is China, Italy, Germany, Ottomans and Russia, which I am writing right now (I would expect to have one or two more before going to bed). That means I can work tomorrow on the remainder and the war system, and see the possibility of starting the game tomorrow night.